Good news from the Middle East
From the
Misanthropist comes this link to the
Melbourne Age:
bq. "Afghanistan: ...there is music on the streets and in the taxis of Kabul - there are new shops and restaurants and supermarkets - an immensely popular radio station is broadcasting music and chat programs - girls and boys are going to school together, learning art and music and maths - more women than men are now running businesses - the country has a moderate constitution and it is developing good trade relations with its neighbours...
bq. Iraq: ...money on a scale not seen since the Marshall Plan is being spent on water, sanitation, training, public health - 3 million children are being vaccinated - more than 80 new women's groups have been formed and last week Baghdad's first women's refuge was set up.
bq. On Wednesday full authority of the ministries of foreign affairs and of water resources was handed back to the Iraqi people. Iraq has been reinstated into the UN and the Arab League. The supervisor of 17 recent town council elections reported that nearly all the successful candidates were educated moderates. "Enthusiasm for these elections was enormous," the supervisor said..."
And where is this being reported in the 'mainstream' media??? Hmmmm???
Posted by DaveH at May 17, 2004 1:35 PM